NYT CROSSWORD • FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Apr 25, 2025

Complete answer list for the April 25, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Adrian JohnsonEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1568 clues

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Across 31

  1. 1Cold War alliance ↗SOVIETBLOC
  2. 11Quick shots ↗JABS
  3. 15"It's just me here" ↗IMALLALONE
  4. 16Sch. that joined the Big Ten in 2024 ↗UCLA
  5. 17Booked it ↗RANLIKEMAD
  6. 18Certain diagnostic technique ↗SCAN
  7. 19Skinny ↗INSIDEDOPE
  8. 20Mind ↗TEND
  9. 21Inits. in eight-bit gaming ↗NES
  10. 22Ready for use ↗ATHAND
  11. 24R&B singer Ella ___ ↗MAI
  12. 26Lean sirloin cut ↗TIPROAST
  13. 29Positive thinker's word ↗CAN
  14. 30Lead-in to -verse ↗META
  15. 31Certain swimming event ↗RELAY
  16. 34Passage in a mystery novel? ↗HIDDENSTAIRCASE
  17. 38Like nine U.S. presidents while in office ↗UNWED
  18. 39Daytime ___ ↗EMMY
  19. 40___ Toretto, female protagonist of the "Fast and the Furious" films ↗MIA
  20. 41[Oy!] ↗HEADSLAP
  21. 44Number that stands for letters, in brief ↗GPA
  22. 45You may find it hard to swallow ↗CAPLET
  23. 46Language in which the first five counting numbers are nung, song, sam, si, ha ↗LAO
  24. 48Some makeshift percussion instruments ↗POTS
  25. 49Prepares for a marathon, in a way ↗CARBOLOADS
  26. 55Wyndham alternative ↗OMNI
  27. 56Award-winning actress for "The Bear" ↗AYOEDEBIRI
  28. 57Urban irritant ↗SMOG
  29. 58Entered with heavy, awkward steps ↗LUMBEREDIN
  30. 59Doth possess ↗HATH
  31. 60Things feared in the 80s and 90s? ↗SPEEDTRAPS

Down 37

  1. 1She "learned" Arabic in December 2015 ↗SIRI
  2. 2Home to the Bahla Fort, a UNESCO World Heritage Site ↗OMAN
  3. 3They often have sliding doors ↗VANS
  4. 4"Fighting" Big Ten team ↗ILLINI
  5. 5Skip over ↗ELIDE
  6. 6Stops briefly to rest ↗TAKESTEN
  7. 7Ran through some laundry, say ↗BLED
  8. 8___ saltado (traditional Peruvian dish) ↗LOMO
  9. 9Commensurate (with) ↗ONAPAR
  10. 10Formally give ↗CEDETO
  11. 11"Hang on!" ↗JUSTASEC
  12. 12Light touch from a decorator? ↗ACCENTLAMP
  13. 13Like foods recommended for an upset stomach ↗BLAND
  14. 14Measurer of passing time ↗SAND
  15. 23Styles of music ↗HARRY
  16. 24Primary ↗MAIN
  17. 25"... plus all the rest" ↗ANDWHATNOT
  18. 27"Baby ___ You" (Shirelles hit) ↗ITS
  19. 28Actor Dev of "Lion" ↗PATEL
  20. 29Jon M. ___, director of 2024's "Wicked" ↗CHU
  21. 30An Olympian might pretend to take a bite out of it ↗MEDAL
  22. 32Turkey's Cape Baba is its westernmost point ↗ASIA
  23. 33___ big ↗YEA
  24. 35[What is it this time?!] ↗DEEPSIGH
  25. 36Tell-all Reddit sesh ↗AMA
  26. 37Fell apart in spectacular fashion ↗IMPLODED
  27. 42"My child is on the honor roll" and others ↗DECALS
  28. 43Not go to bed ↗STAYUP
  29. 44Foolish sort ↗GOOBER
  30. 45Common component of a date ↗COMMA
  31. 47Certain phone pop-up ↗ALERT
  32. 48Swanky ↗POSH
  33. 50Setting for "Gladiator" ↗ROME
  34. 51Leche drinker ↗BEBE
  35. 52Work that debuted at the Cairo opera house in 1871 ↗AIDA
  36. 53Annoying plumbing problem ↗DRIP
  37. 54Producers of stains ↗SINS